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BOOM! Studios Announces “King of Nowhere”

By | December 7th, 2019
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Cover art by Tyler Jenkins
BOOM! Studios have announced “King of Nowhere,” a new five-issue series by writer W. Maxwell Prince (“Ice Cream Man”), artist Tyler Jenkins (“Grass Kings”), and colorist Hilary Jenkins (“Black Badge”). The comic tells the story of Denis, an alcoholic lowlife who awakens in the mysterious village of Nowhere, deprived of his memories and surrounded by friendly, deformed and mutated “just-left-of-normal” people.

However, “just when Denis starts to regain his memories, his past catches up to him… literally. What at first seems like merely a bad trip quickly heightens into a drama of mistaken identities, small-town conspiracy, and high-stakes fantasy fulfillment.”

Tyler Jenkins stated, “You ever have one of those days where you stand in the morning, vaguely connected to the events that have, moments ago, ceased being the present, and watch the sun rise, then spend that day adrift without the anchor of sleep?” That’s ‘King of Nowhere’—a stop motion story; one day to the next, one pose to the next. Each pose, each day, hopefully driving forward the life of your story, or the story of your life.”

Eric Harburn, Senior Editor at BOOM! Studios, said, “’King of Nowhere’ takes the absurdist imagination of ‘Ice Cream Man’ and the visceral storytelling of ‘Grass Kings’ and blends them into the craziest damn smoothie you’ve ever tasted. W. Maxwell Prince and Tyler Jenkins, along with Hilary Jenkins and [letterer] AndWorld Design, have built a fever dream of mystery, pathos, and heart, and we can’t wait for you to experience it.” Prince commented, “I’m incredibly happy to bring to market the most important comic about mutants to be published next year. How exciting that everyone can finally join me, Tyler, and Hilary in the middle of Nowhere.”

“King of Nowhere” #1 releases in March 2020.


Christopher Chiu-Tabet

Chris is the news manager of Multiversity Comics. A writer from London on the autistic spectrum, he enjoys tweeting and blogging on Medium about his favourite films, TV shows, books, music, and games, plus history and religion. He is Lebanese/Chinese, although he can't speak Cantonese or Arabic.

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